Printing attachment for paper-wrapping holders.



E. M. KICK.

PRINTING ATTACHMENT FOR PAPER WRAPPING HOLDERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23.1918.

Patented 0ct.22,1918.,

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PRINTING ATTACHMENT'FOR PAPER WRAPPING HOLDERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23. I918.

Patented 060 22, 1918.

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a matter may be automatically UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- EDWARD. MQKICK, or ROCHESTER, "new YORK.

' PRINTINGATTACHMENT" FOR PArER-WRAP'PiNG HOLDERS.

- Applieationfiled April 23,- 1918.

Zfo cllgw/wm it may concern:

" .Be it known that I,.-Enwnno D/LICICK, a

citizen of the United. States, residing at in the county of- Monroe and State ofNeix Yoik, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inP'rinting Attachments for Paper-\Vrapping Holders, (if-Which the, following is a specification.

This invention relates to .printingattachments for rolls ofwvrappingpaper, andhas forone/of its objects to produce a-si'mply device whereby any required printed upon as the latter is Withdrawn tying packages or the like. of the invention is to'prothis character wherein the wrapping paper from the roll for Another o j ct vide a: device of printed matter may hechanged a'srequired' With these, anc .other objects in view, the inyention. consists in certain novel features of, construction. as hereinafter shown'and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and in'the draavi-ngs illus trative of the. preferred embodimentcf the invention? Figure 1 isan endv elevation of a'wrappingpaper, holder onstand. partly in sec tion, withathe improvement applied.

Fig. :2 is'a front elevation ofthe part shoi nuin Fig. 1. fl! 1g. 3 is an.enlargedsectional detail illustrating the constmctionoof the operating portions. of the improved device.

jig, is: a vertical sectional View of F g;

. Fig. 5 a-view similarto Fig. a 'illustrating a: modification in the construction.

The improved a pparatus may be adapted Withouhmaterial structural change to Wrapping paper holders or st-ands of various forms. anditisnot (lQSil'QClttO limit the inventionin anyimanner in this respect. 7 For the purpose of illustration-theimproved apparatus shown applied to a conventional Wrapping paper stand including side mem bers 10. ahead; member '11 and tearing bar 12. The roll of Wrapping paper is indicated conventionally: at' 13: and mounted for rotation upon a journal supported in the members 10 and indicated at 14.

The improved attachment is designed to impress suitable printed matter upon the wrapping paper as the latter is Withdrawn from the roll, as for instance the name of the proprietor of a store and the goods sold therein, thus applying advertising Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented 001122; "1918. Serial nofzseaso.

matter to the wrapping paper of'eaclrpacle age. The improved apparatus comprises side members 15 each provided with alongitudinally directed *guide slot '16. Each of the side -members is provided with an. obliquely directed socket 1?, the sockets being connectedby a transverse brace member 18, the brace holding theanembers'15 in spaced relation. Gonnectedby its ends in the sockets 17 is a U-shaped frame including side portions 19 and a connecting portion 20, the terminals of the portions 19 of the frame being rigidly connected in the'sockets as indicated.

The frame member is designed to couple the slotted members 15 tothe head portion 11 orother suitable part of the paper roll stand. For the purpose of illustration the frame member is coupled by clip; devices 21 to a bar 22gthelatter being coupled in turn to the head member 11 by tie bolts23, the bolts having Win nuts 24 bearing against the under face of the head member 11; By this means theframe l920 is swingi'ng1 eou pled to the head member 11, and maybe adjusted relative thereto, or readily detached or applied' when required.

spring isconne'cted to the device and operates to maintain the frame 192O yieldably in position, and'is constructed from-a single length of Wireheld inplaceintermediate its ends by the clip devices 21 assho'ivn at 25'and extended asjshoxvn at 2'6 forenga zement with the portions 19' of the frame.

The spring thuso'perat'es to maintain the side portions 19, togetherwvith the members 15; yieldably'in downward'position; the object to be hereafter explained. I

Mounted for rota'tion'by trunniOns'QTin t e inner ends of the members 15 is a drum 28pand connected to theouter' face of the drum al'e aseries of longitudinally directed channel members 29,- "the latter being adapt ed to'support {whiting characters'or tween The-channel members may be spaced at suitable intervals, or disposed in close proximity as may be prefer ed, the type drum being vieldably supported in'positionrelativeto the roll of paper .by the spring 25-2G. By this arrangement it will be obvious that as the paper is Withdrawn from the roll to be used for Wrapping packages the surface of the paper will be caused o contact with the printing roll and automatically rotate the latter and at the same time impress upon the paper the characters of the type. Thus any matter which may be set up by the printer will be transferred to the paper as fast h latter is with drawn and regular i; t rvals.

Mounted by trunnions 31 in the slots 16 is another drum 32 having outer face 33 preferably of the same substance or compound used for the ink rolls of printing presses. The ink roll member thus operates against the face of the type as the printing roll is rotated.

Mounted by trunnions in the slots 16 is a hollow drum incased in a wrapping of felt or like material indicated at 86. The hollow drum 35 is provid d with a plurality of orifices 37 tl'irough which ink will flow to the pad @ne i the trun nions 84: is hollow and provided with a closure 38 externally or the adjacentmember 15, to enable the interior of the drum 35 to be supplied 'ith ink, which will find its way through the Oll'i lcSS 3? to the pad 36 and saturate the latter with the ink.

' is the type drum is rotated, before described, by frictional contact with the paper as the latter is removed from the roll, the motion of the type drum will be communicated to the ink roll, and the motion of the ink roll correspondingly imparted to the padded ink applying roll. Thus the inking roll is automatically suplied with ink and the latter uniformly ributed upon the ink roll and thence; the drum. The inking and printing operations are thus e" tirelyautomatic, and reauire no further attention from the operator until the ink is exhausted from the drum 35, when the latter may be readily replenished through the hollow trunnion B l, as before described.

The type drum may be of any required size, and the channel devices 29 varied in size to support type of correspondingly varied size, so that the printed matter may be displayed. as required.

The type being readily removable, the printed matter may be readily altered at intervals, as required.

If preferred the intermediate distributing roller 32-33 may be dispensed with and the padded drum arranged to operate directly upon the type, as shown in 5.

The roller or drum 35 may be increased in weight to cause it to bear with increased force upon the type wheel and thus dispense with the necessity for the spring device 26.

Gopies or this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommssioner of masses? Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A. device of the class described comprising a supporting frame including longitudinally slotted side members each having a socket extending laterally therefrom intermediate its ends, a substantially U- shaped suspending member having its terminals fitted into said sockets, clip devices attached to the closed end of said suspending member and adapted to be connected to a paper roll stand, and a type having trunnions journaled in the slots of the side members and adapted to bear against the paper roll of said stand.

2'. A device of the class described comprising a supporting frame including lon gitudinally slotted side members, each carrying a socket, a substantially U-shaped suspending member having its terminals fitted into said sockets, clip devices attached to said suspending member and adapted to be connected to a paper roll stand, a type bearing roller having trunnions journaled in the slots of the side members and adapted to bear against the paper roll of said stand, and a resilient rod held in said clips with its outer portions engaging the suspending member and holding the type bearing drum yieldably against the paper roll of said stand.

3. A device of the class described comprising a supporting frame including side members having longitudinally disposed slots formed therein and provided with laterally extending sockets, abrace connecting said sockets, a substantially U-shapedsus pension member having its ends fitted in the sockets, a type-carrying rollermounted for rotation between the side members at one end thereof, an inking roller bearing against the type-carrying roller and provided with trunnions fitting within the slots of the side members, a, pad carrying roller bearing against the inking roller and provided with trunnions fitting within the slots of the side members, clip devices engaging the closed end of the suspension frame and adapted to be connected to a paper roll stand, and a spring bar held by said clip devices and pro vided with L rms having terminal hooks engaging the suspension member.

In test1mony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWARD M. men. [n s] Eetenta,

eshington, G.

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